Why Is Sunil Gavaskar Not Commentating In IND vs ENG Vizag Test?

India vs England: Sunil Gavaskar resumed his duties with the broadcaster for the second Test but had to leave midway.

Sunil Gavaskar left his commentary duty midway during IND vs ENG 2nd Test.

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India vs England: Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has left his commentary duties midway during the ongoing 2nd Test match between India and England. The cricketer-turned-commentator was forced to make an early exit from Visakhapatnam after his mother-in-law passed away. Gavaskar has headed to Kanpur soon after he received the news to be with his wife Marshneil Gavaskar.

In 2022, the former India captain was in Dhaka for a commentary stint during India's Test match against Bangladesh which was when his mother had breated his last at 95 due to age-related illnesses. After a distinguished career as a cricketer, Gavaskar has earned a name for himself in respected voices of the sport as a broadcaster. The member of India's 1983 World Cup-winning side was part of the commentary panel in the series opener in Hyderabad and even resumed his duties with the broadcast team in Visakhapatnam before coming to know about the death of his mother-in-law.

India Are 336/6 At Stumps On Day 1

Talking about the match, India are 336/6 at Stumps on Day 1. Yashasvi Jasiwal scored an unbeaten hundred and will resume his innings on 179* when action resumes on Day 2 morning. He will be accompanied by Ravichandran Ashwin who is not out on 5, having faced 10 balls. All other Indian batters got starts after India won the toss and elected to bat first but none could convert it into a significant score with no other batter even managing to register a half-century. After Jaiswal's score, the second highest individual contribution came from Shubman Gill who made 34.

Debutant Rajat Patidar scored 32 while Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer registered scores of 27 each. Rohit Sharma made 14 off 41 and local boy Srikar Bharat chipped in with a contribution of 17. India would be hoping that the stand beween Ashwin and Jaiswal helpes them accumulate as many runs as possible before England run into India's batting tail.